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‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions

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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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A cold start in the Wye Valley earlier this week.

"Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it"

Just 2 miles from me. Almost the one filming it this time.

The new 2025 Global Carbon Budget finds that fossil fuel emissions will reach a new high in 2025. Total CO2 emissions (including land use) remain flat at 2024 levels.

While the land sink is up from 2024, carbon sinks are weakening: www.carbonbrief.org/...

It’s not like we’re not building nuclear reactors 🤷‍♀️ (O.H. Is currently employed as an engineer designing one of them)!

Women’s super league on now Man U v Arsenal

I wonder, is it because the Welsh racists had enough self awareness to realise they wouldn’t be able to draw the dragon?

Was speaking with my white-presenting niece (Asian / European heritage) she’d been to a show with a friend and the kid’s teacher mum. The mum commented “there’s loads of P*kis here”. A teacher FFS! Who is aware of her dual heritage. So casual in her racism.

‘Risks involved’: The UK school using AI teachers

www.france24.com/en/video/202...

Greta Thunberg en tête d'une nouvelle flottille pour Gaza pour "prévenir le génocide" Une nouvelle flottille humanitaire pour Gaza emmenée par l'activiste suédoise Greta Thunberg doit partir dimanche depuis Barcelone. Le navire sera rejoint par "des dizaines" de bateaux supplémentaires qui partiront de Tunisie et d'autres ports méditerranéens le 4 septembre.

Greta Thunberg en tête d'une nouvelle flottille pour Gaza pour "prévenir le génocide"

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Why are food prices rising so fast? Food and drink prices have risen by 4.9% over the last year, according to ONS inflation data.

Think climate change is already a political hot potato?

Just wait until people clock what's behind the cost of food going up up up

"In the five years to July, food prices increased by around 37%. That compares with a rise of 4.4% over the previous five-year period"

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Major carbon sink may have vanished for a second year in a row Record heat in 2024 caused ecosystems on land to emit nearly as much carbon dioxide as they took out of the atmosphere

Record heat in 2024 caused ecosystems on land to emit nearly as much carbon dioxide as they took out of the atmosphere

Melting glaciers on remote Australian island spark concern Glaciers on the remote Australian territory of Heard Island have lost almost a quarter of their size over the past seven decades amid rising temperatures in the sub-Antarctic region, new research show...

Less ice = less radiation reflected and more heat absorbed = less ice = less radiation reflected and more heat absorbed = less ice = less radiation reflected…
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

I take it you’ve never worked for The OU then? I’m pretty sure Reply All was the standard method of communication with them.

Hahaha I started reading this and just thought - sounds about right!

No but definitely will 😊

Jepson & Blythe?

The farmers are a more difficult matter. Poor quality unproductive hilly areas could be left to regenerate, the profits from such areas are low so there could theoretically be subsidies 🤷‍♀️ not really my field of expertise.

IMO reintroduce natural predators of deer. It changes their behaviour so they don’t graze the same area for long periods of time. It’s not just about the direct kills.

“Floral diversity has been replaced by a uniform expanse of grass, grazed close to the ground by sheep.” And therein lies the problem. Over grazing has destroyed the biodiversity in the UK mostly through farming and through the lack of predators for deer to a lesser extent.

A Four-spotted Chaser dragonfly clings to a stem, silhouetted against a glowing orange sun. Its fragile wings illuminate in the heat-haze of sunset: a striking image of nature’s beauty, and its vulnerability in the face of a changing climate and ongoing wildlife loss.

We’re in a nature and climate emergency, and we welcome Ed Miliband and Steve Reed’s recognition of that yesterday.

Tackling nature and climate together is essential.

But facing the crisis means acting on it, and the latest EIP progress report is a reality check...

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WTF France? How is maternity leave so poor there? (US obviously as expected)

British farming voted for it 🤷‍♀️

I think you overestimate their capacity to know this information 🤣

I’d never heard of this place, read the headline and assumed it was in France (the name) and was shocked. Read further and thought “oh” 😕 (no longer shocked, which is awful).

You should be terrified that this is probably the coolest summer for the rest of your life (if not it will be one of the coolest).